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Tuscaloosa, AL
114,288 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 0177256 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Tuscaloosa ranked #324 of 340 cities and 13th of 14 in its peer group, on 8 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Tuscaloosa and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Las Cruces NM, Waco TX, Athens GA, Pueblo CO, Savannah GA, Beaumont TX, North Charleston SC, Dayton OH, Provo UT, Tyler TX, South Bend IN, Knoxville TN, Jackson MS · on the map, and why
| Topline | 2005–2024 | Latest rank | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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| Overall rankamong all cities with a score that year | #324 of 340 cities · 13th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #276 | #267 | #272 | #229 | #152 | #144 | #145 | #168 | #194 | #204 | #161 | #213 | #170 | #143 | #127 | #137 | #106 | #180 | #324 | #267 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 82,028 | 84,869 | 85,731 | 87,374 | 89,829 | 90,456 | 90,913 | 92,307 | 93,886 | 95,688 | 97,576 | 98,428 | 99,629 | 100,190 | 101,129 | 105,578 | 110,442 | 112,035 | 113,016 | 114,288 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #87 of 340 cities · 7th of 14 in its peer group | +1.1 | +2.1 | +0.5 | +0.9 | +0.6 | — | +0.4 | +0.4 | +0.6 | +0.4 | +0.3 | +0.2 | +0.1 | -0.1 | +0.1 | +2.3 | +1.6 | +0.3 | -0.1 | +0.1 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #113 of 303 cities with data · 4th of 11 in its peer group with data · 2022 | — | — | — | — | — | 5.5 | — | — | 9.1 | 12.9 | 5.8 | 12.5 | — | — | 11.5 | — | 10.2 | 5.6 | — | — | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #136 of 340 cities · 3rd of 14 in its peer group | 27.7% | 25.3% | 24.8% | 26.5% | 23.4% | 24.2% | 26.8% | 22.5% | 22.9% | 25.8% | 22.4% | 24.7% | 21.0% | 23.0% | 26.0% | — | 26.8% | 23.4% | 27.1% | 23.4% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #281 of 304 cities with data · 12th of 13 in its peer group with data | 8.5 | 17.7 | 11.7 | 12.6 | 5.6 | 7.7 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 8.5 | 9.4 | 7.2 | 14.2 | 9.0 | 5.0 | — | — | — | 11.6 | 11.5 | 18.4 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #272 of 295 cities with data · 10th of 13 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 228.5 | 218.6 | 249.4 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 55,562 | 58,330 | 58,884 | 60,201 | 57,012 | 59,183 | 61,124 | 57,550 | 58,233 | 60,414 | 62,664 | 62,232 | 61,957 | 62,004 | 62,917 | 57,342 | 55,489 | 57,940 | 58,832 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #315 of 329 cities with data · 14th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -1.8 | +0.4 | -0.5 | +1.1 | +0.9 | +1.7 | +2.1 | -5.7 | -0.1 | +1.4 | +0.3 | -1.7 | -1.2 | -1.0 | -1.5 | -2.7 | -2.5 | +1.3 | -3.6 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 35,483 | 42,782 | 38,463 | 39,805 | 40,126 | 45,872 | 44,180 | 47,292 | 46,477 | — | 46,201 | 50,937 | 48,371 | 54,899 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #324 of 340 cities · 14th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10.5% | 5.9% | 9.8% | 10.8% | 6.6% | 8.2% | 7.1% | 5.2% | 5.1% | — | 6.4% | 7.4% | 9.2% | 8.2% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #142 of 314 cities with data · 8th of 14 in its peer group | 23% | 20% | 18% | 27% | 19% | 13% | 22% | 7% | 8% | 12% | 17% | 33% | 36% | 35% | 38% | 33% | 33% | 32% | 18% | 26% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #153 of 314 cities with data · 10th of 14 in its peer group | $3,075 | $3,517 | $3,411 | $3,533 | $3,321 | $3,384 | $3,179 | $2,939 | $2,665 | $2,477 | $2,458 | $2,273 | $2,464 | $2,353 | $2,243 | $2,084 | $1,980 | $2,228 | $2,397 | $2,675 |
Click a row for its source and its rank in every year. 1st is best whichever way the measure points. A rank is out of all 340 cities, or out of its peer group of 14; where some had no value that year it says “with data” and counts only those. An em dash is a year the source does not hold for Tuscaloosa. A greyed homicide figure is a year the FBI holds as a transition year for this department. What each row is, and is not, is on the main page, with a link to every source in Sources.